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Chuck Cooper III and Sean Gibson: Making equity and education a mission
When we established foundations in honor of Chuck Cooper, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer and the first African American drafted into the National Basketball Association, and Josh Gibson, catcher for the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays and the second Negro Leagues player to be inducted into the National Baseball...
Letter to the editor: What’s happened since Biden took office
On Jan. 20 of this year, a new president took office. I have noticed that gas prices are soaring, illegal immigrants are somehow entering our country in record numbers (illegal is not legal), and nobody wants to work for a living while collecting free money and benefits from our government...
Letter to the editor: What’s a living wage?
The editorial “PNC Bank shows how market forces drive minimum-wage growth” (Sept. 1, TribLIVE) raises some questions: What number is considered a “living wage”? Is a living wage for a family of four to be more than that of a single person? Are fast-food workers entitled to the same wage...
Sewickley’s Nonprofit Corner for the week of Sept. 14, 2021
Fern Hollow Nature Center 1901 Glen Mitchell Road, Sewickley Heights. 412-741-6137. fhnc.org. Fall Music Festival Fern Hollow Nature Center’s annual fundraiser for environmental education, The Fall Music Festival, will take place 4-8 p.m. Sept. 18. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of the fundraiser and the center is looking...
The Stroller, Sept. 14, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Pets to compete in library costume contest Community Library of Allegheny Valley is sponsoring a Pet Costume Contest from 11 a.m....
Editorial: State waivers let Pa. health care function in the pandemic
A worker shortage in the pandemic economy has been troubling employers for months. But if you think scaled-back hours at your favorite pizza shop are difficult to handle, try staffing a long-term care home without enough nursing assistants. A short-staffed restaurant can cause irate customers. Not enough nurses for the...
Letter to the editor: Suppressing our votes
In 2019, landmark bipartisan voting reforms became law in Pennsylvania, including “no excuse” mail-in voting: a rare instance of giving the people what they wanted. The measure was timely as a pandemic overtook the commonwealth and the nation the following year, impacting the ability of individuals to vote safely in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 13, 2021
High school Field hockey Class 3A Pine Richland 12, Norwin 0 Nonsection Penn-Trafford 4, North Allegheny 0 Golf Boys Monday’s results Class 3A Section 1 Hempfield 219, Latrobe 226 Medalists: Caden Biondi (H) 41 Greensburg Salem 238, Armstrong 252 Medalists: Zane Lasher (A) 39, Connor Harrington (GS) 46 Section 2...
High school roundup for Sept. 13, 2021: Bishop Canevin volleyball wins WPIAL title rematch
Olivia Thomas had 10 kills to lead Bishop Canevin to a 3-0 nonsection victory over Greensburg Central Catholic on Monday night in a rematch of last year’s WPIAL Class A girls volleyball championship game. Bishop Canevin won, 25-16, 25-21, 25-16. Abbie Maziarz added eight kills, Keira Kozlowski had seven kills...
Secretary of State Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal at congressional hearingVideo
WASHINGTON — Facing often-hostile questioning by some Republican lawmakers Monday, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken vigorously defended his department’s handling of the massive, if incomplete, evacuation from Afghanistan of U.S. citizens, green card holders and other at-risk Afghans. The top U.S. diplomat testified in the administration’s first public congressional...
Child tax credit payments go out this week. Here’s what to know.
Eligible families are set to receive a third round of monthly child tax credit direct payments this week. The temporarily enhanced tax credits — included in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Biden in March — provide eligible parents with up to $3,600 per child...
Most people don’t need covid vaccine booster, scientists say
Covid-19 vaccines work so well that most people don’t yet need a booster, an all-star panel of scientists from around the world said in a review that’s likely to fuel the debate over whether to use them. Governments would be better served to focus on immunizing the unvaccinated and to...
Veronica Wolski, Chicago woman at the center of ivermectin firestorm, dies
CHICAGO — Veronica Wolski, the QAnon adherent whose recent hospitalization made her a cause célèbre for the controversial medication ivermectin, died in the intensive care unit of AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center early Monday, a hospital spokeswoman said. She was 64. Wolski’s social media followers said she was being treated...
John Dorfman: Insiders buy at Terminex, Westlake
Ever have a problem with mice or termites in your house? If so, there’s a decent chance you called Terminex. Terminex Global Holdings Inc. (TMX), based in Memphis, Tenn., is the largest pest control company in the U.S. It has 2.8 million customers in 47 states and 22 countries. Brett...
Police arrest California man carrying machete, bayonet in truck near DNC headquarters
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police on Monday arrested an Oceanside, California, man outside the Washington headquarters of the Democratic National Committee on suspicion of possession of prohibited weapons. Around midnight, an officer on patrol noticed a black Dodge Dakota pickup truck with a swastika and other white supremacist symbols outside...
Wolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatment
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The public could soon know for the first time how many patients use medical marijuana to treat opioid use...
Expiring covid-19 waivers could make Pa. health-care staffing shortages worse
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Regulatory waivers established last year to help hospitals and health-care workers fight covid-19 will expire this month, and those...
Pa. corrections secretary is leaving, Gov. Wolf names replacement
Pennsylvania Corrections Secretary John Wetzel, who has overseen the state’s prison system for a decade, is leaving the post for the private sector, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Monday. Wolf said he has tapped George Little to serve as acting corrections secretary. Little has served as executive deputy secretary of...
Adam Carrington: Cancel Culture is both a Scarlet Letter and a Reign of Terror
Adam Carrington is an associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College. This first appeared in RealClear Education. In a recent Atlantic article, Anne Applebaum compares our college campuses to New England Puritanism. She did so by drawing on the storyline of the novel “The Scarlet Letter,” wherein Hester Prynne suffers...
Tina Doose: A modern Civilian Conservation Corps could transform Pa., beyond
Braddock has never recovered from deindustrialization, a phenomena that led to mass blight, unemployment and the drug epidemic. In addition, we have been targeted by large companies for our rail, river and road access without much thought or consideration for the long-lasting and life-changing effects such industries would have on...
Fatal shooting victim identified as McKeesport woman
A woman was found dead with a gunshot wound to her head Monday morning in McKeesport, police said. The victim was identified as Karli Short, 26, of McKeesport, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Authorities were called at about 10:30 a.m. to the 300 block of 25th Street,...
Dunkin’ opens ‘Next Generation’ store in Bethel Park
Dunkin’s western Pennsylvania expansion continues, as it opened another “Next Generation” store, this time in Bethel Park. The new store opened at the end of last month and is designed in the brand’s “store of the future” concept, with a modern atmosphere, and new and innovative technologies and design elements....
Forecast: Pennsylvania’s fall foliage expected to bring vibrant colors in 2021
Vibrant fall foliage — even overachieving colors — can be expected this year in Pennsylvania, although the peak of the leaf-peeping season could be a week later than normal, according to the annual fall forecast from Accuweather. In Pennsylvania, the northern mid-Atlantic, southern New England and the Ohio Valley, “rainfall...
With strong senior class, Valley volleyball looking to pick up wins on, off court
At Valley, life lessons are handed out as frequently as volleyball lessons by coach April Stone. Stone, in her eighth season leading the Vikings girls volleyball program, is focused on the team’s improvement and is excited to lead a veteran group of players in their final high school season. But...
Knoch grad Fraser fits perfectly into Grove City’s mold of big, physical receiversVideo
Grove City football coach Andrew DiDonato has a definite template from which he likes to construct his offenses: efficient running game, strong-armed quarterback and big, physical receivers. Run effectively, and that forces the defense to move more men into the box, thus putting those imposing receivers in one-on-one matchups on...
